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Neoadjuvant therapy for rectal cancer: histologic response of the primary tumor predicts nodal status.
Dis Colon Rectum
June 2004
Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Western Pennsylvania Hospital--Clinical Campus of Temple University School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15224, USA.
Purpose: This study was designed to compare histologic T and N stages in patients with rectal adenocarcinoma undergoing various neoadjuvant radiotherapy regimens and proctectomy, in an attempt to determine if final histologic stage of the mural tumor predicts nodal status.
Methods: Data were collected from computerized databases at two institutions on 649 consecutive patients who underwent neoadjuvant radiotherapy or chemoradiotherapy and proctectomy for primary adenocarcinoma of the rectum from 1990 to 2002.
Results: Five patients were excluded because of incomplete pathology data sets, leaving a study population of 644.